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"Chung" wrote in message
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Harry Lavo wrote:
"chung" wrote in message
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wrote:
On 14 Jan 2005 00:31:28 GMT, B&D wrote:
If you cannot give an example of a $5k player that sounds "as
good"
as
a
$500 one, then it would be good to just say so.
There's been much talk here about the differences between $5k and
$500
CD
players. I'd be interested in hearing from those who think there
isn't
much
audible difference. How low can one go with the low priced unit
before
you're not willing to make the same statement?
I own CD players that cost me $9, $10, $25, $30 & $150. The $10
player
(a
portable) had many grave design defects; I consider it a failure.
But
the
other ones sound identical--identical to each other, and identical to
a
Rega
Planet to which they were compared. Not just to me, but also to
other
people with excellent hearing who were strongly motivated to detect a
difference.
Norm
I have a Pioneer universal player that costs about $130, and I can't
tell that apart from another much more expensive player *after* I made
sure that the output levels are matched. It is very easy to tell
differences if they don't have the same levels, and I suspect that is
what happens when you listen to them in the showroom.
Mr. Lavo raved about a Panasonic player that sold for less than $100,
so
that's another data point.
I raved about it, but that doesn't mean I can't tell it from other
players.
I commented on both its transparency and its concommitant "leaness".
These
are distinquishing characteristics that set it apart from many other
players. I was most impressed with the transparency, as this is much
more
rare in inexpensive players than in more expensive gear. For example,
the
Arcam DV-79 @ $1500 has this same level of transparency but without much
of
the leaness. And therefore sounds even better.
Sorry, I forgot that every CD player sounds different to you  .
Not all, but many do.
On the other hand, the fact that you raved about a $100 player means
that it is possible to implement a good power supply in an inexpensive
player, no? So you really can't say that the difference between
"high-end" and "mid-fi" is in the power supply which shows up in "upper
bass or lower midrange", since obviously you find the $100 Panasonic as
good or better than some much more expensive players.
Actually what I said was I suspected that the unit was fueled by powerDAC's.
The leaness in the bass may very well be related to power supply.
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